Means for mothproofing furniture



May 15, 1923. 1,455,463

I. J. WEINBERG v MEANS FOR MOTHPROOFING FURNrTURE Filed July 24. 1922 IIIII/ENTOR 0, A TTORNEYS \A. momma ISSAC J. WEINBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MS MOTHPROOFING FURNITURE.

Application filed July 24.

To all whomit may concern."

Be it known that I, IssAc JOSEPH WEIN- nnno, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Mothproofing Furniture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in means for mothpro'ofing furniture, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

It is a well known fact that moths enter furniture at the seams of the furniture, and not at the open surfaces of the furniture. In other words, the goods of the furniture is first eaten by the moths at the junction of the various pieces of cloth. It is also well known that the moths hide themselves in the darkest portions of the furniture. It will therefore be apparent that the furniture may be efiectively protected if provided with means for killing moths at the junction of the various pieces of goods, i. e., the seams. llt is not necessary to mothproof the entire article of furniture as is done in many cases.

, provide a device of the character described which may be disposed in any of the seams of the furniture, thus effectively protecting the same. 1

Other objects and advantages will ap pear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be articularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying. drawings forming part of this application, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a piece of furniture,

Figure 2 is a vertical section throu'gh a 7 piece of furniture,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section of 1922. Serial No. 577,110.

one form of securing adjacent pieces of material together,

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of another joining of two pieces of cloth,

Fi res 5, 6, and 7 are still other joinings whic are made moth proof, and

Figure 8 is a sectional view of a tassel which has been moth proofed.

lln carrying out my invention I make use of a cord or rope 1, which may be made of paper, jute, flax, cloth, or the like, and chemically treat the-same so that moths in eating the rope will be killed. This r0 e is disposed in the various seamsof t e article of furniture indicated generally in Figure 1, and provides effective means for killing. the moths which try toenter the furniture through the seams.

In the drawings I have illustrated my device as being assembled with a sofa, but it is obvious that the device is adapted to be assembled with all types of furniture or like articles which have cloth facing. In ordinary practice, when making the seams 2,

, (see, Figure 1), the cloth portions 3 are sewn into a portion a b% stitching 5, (see Figure 3). In this way, t e seam is provided with a rib-like efiectwhich enhances the beauty of the furniture. I

In case ordinary rope is desired to be used, I provide a chemically treated tar paper or other chemically treated disposed around the rope and which protects the latter against moths. The cloth 3 and 4 is sewn to the rope 7 by stitching 8,

and encloses the paper 6. It is obvious that the paper 6 extends the entire length of the seam, as does the rope 7. In Figure 5 I have shown a slightly modified form of seam, this form difiering from the forms shown in Figures 3 and 4 in that the pieces 3 and 4: are disposed around the paper 6. Stitching 8 secures the portion 4 so as' to cause it to inclose the rope 7. This t pe of seam is employed in the front sur ace of the back of the furniture along the seam 9, (see Figure 1), the seams 10, and in other like places. In other words, wherever a rope seam is desired, I either rovide a chemically treated rope I or a c emically treated paper 6. Both of these forms perform the same function, and protect the furniture.

In the back of the furniture, the cover 3 is secured tora back cover 11. This construction is clearly shown in Fire '8'. It

paper 6, which is r is disposed. on

- chemically treated paper.

seams in the cushions will-be noted that the cover *11 is secured to the cover 3 by means of the tacks 12, and that the-chemically treated strip 13 is disposed over the heads of the "tacks 12 and is enclosed by the cover 11. The strip 13 has been previously chemically treated and therefore kills the moths as they try to enter. The strip 13 also hides the heads of the tacks 12 so as to present a smooth exterior to the seam.

Another place which the moths are likely to enter is shown at the junction of the back with the seat of the couch, (see Figure 2),

At this place I dispose a chemically treated rope, or a rope which is encased with a The rope is covered by denim 14, or other like cloth, which the seat. ofthe couch, and which is normally covered by the cushions 15. The seam 16 of the denim 14 is moved back into the crevice formed by the back and the seat, and blocks all entrance of the moths therebeyond. It will therefore be apparent that any moths in trying to gain entrance into the couch .at this point will have to first eat through the seam 16. Since the seam 16 has been chemically treated, as heretofore described, the moth will therefore be killed before being able to gain entrance into the furniture. K

The cushions 15 are also provided with chemically treated seams 17, (see Figure 6). In this case the top cover, 18 and the side cover 19 of the cushions are secured to each other by stitching 20, and have a chemically treated strip 21' disposed therein. The strip 21 extends the entire length of all of the From the foregoin ,it should be clearly borne in mind that al of the seams of the article of furniture are chemically treated, i. e., have chemicall "treated material forming a part thereoi In this .manner the furniture is protected against moths in as effective a manner as if the entire piece were moth proofed. The, furniture with my improved moth proofing process, may

be made just as cheaply as is-the ordinary furniture. As heretofore stated, the provision of the chemically treated rope or the chemically treated paper provides a seam having the same moth proofing characteristics. I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to an special type of seam, since it is obvious t at various seams can be provided with moth resisting material, and so I niture, and the moth proofin seams re-.

semble the ordinary seams. T e provision of moth-proofed seams does not detract from the appearance of the furniture. The device is simple'in construction,-and can be readily secured to all types of furniture. It will also-be noted that the chemically treated As heretofore stated,"

as effectively as if the entire rope or paper can be sewn in the seams in the ordinary manner.

. In Figure 8 I have shown a tassel which resembles anordinary tassel, that is adapted to be secured to an article of furniture. It

will be noted that the tassel indicated generally at 30 has a therein in which the moth killing disenfectant 32 is disposed. The cup 31 takes the place of the ordinary core which is provided in tamels. It will therefore be understoodthat the tassel is protected against moths. The tassel is carried by a cord which in turn is secured to an arm of a chair or the like.

I claim:

cup-shaped member 31 1. A reenforcing and moth proofingimaterial for cloth covered articles compr1s1ng two pieces of cloth, a chemically treated reenforcing member forming a part of the seams of the cloth, stitching securing said member to said cloth, said member adding more material through which the stitching extends, thereby reenforcing the seam.-

2. A chemically treated seam comprising a piece of cloth, a chemically treated reenforcing member forming a part of the seam,

and stitching securing said member to said cloth, said member adding more material A through which the stitching extends, thereby reenforcing the seam..

' ISSAC J. ETNBERG. 

